Jacob Mertens (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022) joins the faculty as an Assistant Professor for Communication Studies. He has received awards for teaching and research during his time at UW Madison and has published chapters in two edited collections, Saving New Sounds: Podcasting Preservation and Historiography (2021) and From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels 2nd Edition (forthcoming), and journal articles in Digital Humanities Quarterly (2021), Games and Culture (2021), and International Journal of Cultural Studies (forthcoming). He recently finished his dissertation studying digital revisionist practices and update cultures in the video game console industry. His expertise includes digital media studies and production.